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Venezuela to Launch Local Defense Committees as Maduro Makes Changes to Top Military Brass
The government will incorporate the country’s civilian population into national security plans.

By Cira Pascual Marquina
Jul 11th 2018 at 9.20pm



Caracas, July 11, 2018 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Following news of a thwarted coup d’etat attempt and the arrest of some 40 military personnel on May 24, Venezuela's government has decided to activate local defense committees, officially called “Committees for Security and Integral Defense.” This decision roughly coincides with the reorganization of the country’s top military leadership that customarily takes place in early July, according to a longstanding Venezuelan tradition.

Venezuela’s newly-activated local defense committees, which will incorporate ordinary civilians into the country’s defense plans, fulfill one of the main guidelines laid out in the Homeland Plan 2019-2025, which is “to promote the participation of patriots in the defense of institutions, territorial integrity and the right to peace.” The committees, however, have even deeper roots in the idea of a civilian-military union – an alliance between patriotic soldiers and revolutionary civilians – that has been an important part of the Bolivarian Revolution since its earliest beginnings.

In a practical sense, the forming of the defense committees will mean that one spokesperson from each of Venezuela's 50,000 communal councils will undergo training with the country’s Bolivarian Militia units. Those selected representatives will then form a link between the Venezuelan state’s militias and the communal councils, which since 2006 have organized groups of 20 to 400 families across the national territory.

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https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/13932

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There was no coup in May. Maduro makes shit up as he goes. Every time anyone in the military speaks out about the shitty situation that is Venezuela, its "another coup". Its an ongoing joke, especially since Maduro gave the military control of 97% of the wealth in Venezuela. (PdVSA, distribution of imports, etc). Why would they overthrow Maduro? He is their cash cow! Besides, since 2003, the entire military structure has been properly infiltrated by Cubans. Everything is done on Cubas command. Which is why Maduro "gifted" Cuba an entire refinery last year, and last week "gifted" them another 500,000 barrels of crude oil when Venezuelans are starving.